Date: 09/29/2015

Number: 40

Nearing dusk. Many soaring and landing in trees to rest.

I’ve really become aware of the monarch’s plight this year. We were enjoying the end of the day on Sept 29 and noticed all the butterflies. It didn’t appear they were all landing in the same area. We live on a wooded lot just over 1 acre. Mostly oaks and elms. They were just floating into the trees and landing on a leaf. I’d say it was around 6:30pm. We watched them for about 45 min.

There is a field along the dam about 100 yds away with some wild flowers and grasses in it. I have some nectar flowers in my yard, but didn’t notice them land to feed.

There was barely any wind on the evening of the 29th. A cold front was moving in from the north. It was a very nice sunny day, that ended with temps overnight of about 65.

We watched yesterday (9/30) also. Only saw 11 at the end of the day.

Edmond, OK

Latitude: 35.7 Longitude: -97.6

Observed by: Christie
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